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thunder
English
Etymology
From Middle English thunder, thonder, thundre, thonre, thunnere, þunre, from Old English þunor (“thunder”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunr, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten-, *(s)tenh?- (“to thunder”).
Compare astound, astonish, stun. Germanic cognates include West Frisian tonger, Dutch donder, German Donner, Old Norse Þórr (English Thor), Danish torden, Norwegian Nynorsk tore. Other cognates include Persian ????? (tondar), Latin ton?, deton?, Ancient Greek ????? (stén?), ??????? (stenáz?), ?????? (stónos), ??????? (Stént?r), Irish torann, Welsh taran, Gaulish Taranis. Doublet of donner.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???nd?/
- (General American) enPR: th?n?d?r, IPA(key): /???nd?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
- Hyphenation: thun?der
Noun
thunder (countable and uncountable, plural thunders)
- The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
- A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.
- An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
- 1847, William H. Prescott, A History of the Conquest of Peru
- The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike into the heart of princes.
- 1847, William H. Prescott, A History of the Conquest of Peru
- (obsolete) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
- (figuratively) The spotlight.
Usage notes
- roll, clap, peal are some of the words used to count thunder e.g. A series of rolls/claps/peals of thunder were heard
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- lightning
Descendants
- Tagalog: tanda
Verb
thunder (third-person singular simple present thunders, present participle thundering, simple past and past participle thundered)
- To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally.
- (intransitive) To make a noise like thunder.
- (intransitive) To talk with a loud, threatening voice.
- (transitive) To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
- To produce something with incredible power
Conjugation
Derived terms
- (to say something with a loud, threatening voice): thunderer
Translations
See also
- thundering
Middle English
Noun
thunder
- Alternative form of thonder
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bluster
English
Etymology
From Middle English blusteren (“to wander about aimlessly”); however, apparently picking up the modern sense from Middle Low German blüstren (“to blow violently”; compare later Low German blustern, blistern). Related to blow, blast. Compare also Saterland Frisian bloasje (“to blow”), bruusje (“to bluster”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?bl?s.t?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bl?s.t?/
- (US)
- (General Australian)
- Rhymes: -?st?(r)
Noun
bluster (countable and uncountable, plural blusters)
- Pompous, officious talk.
- A gust of wind.
- Fitful noise and violence.
Synonyms
- (pompous talk): bombast
Translations
Verb
bluster (third-person singular simple present blusters, present participle blustering, simple past and past participle blustered)
- To speak or protest loudly.
- To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.
- 1774, Edmund Burke, A Speech on American Taxation
- Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants.
- 1532, Thomas More, Confutation of Tyndale's Answer
- He bloweth and blustereth out […] his abominable blasphemy.
- As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands.
- 1774, Edmund Burke, A Speech on American Taxation
- To blow in strong or sudden gusts.
Translations
Derived terms
Anagrams
- Butlers, Struble, brustle, bustler, butlers, subtler, turbels
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